Small biz owner who lost $10K to LEGO theft: Criminals know ‘there’s not going to be a whole lot of consequences’

LEGO theft hit Sasquatch Bricks. The owner tells “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH that he had an estimated $10,000 worth of LEGO sets stolen from his University Place store.  

The theft occurred in the early morning hours of Thursday, February 13 when the store’s owner Scott Nelson says he was alerted by his security cameras. When Nelson called the police, they said they had already been notified.  

“Thankfully our neighbor upstairs, when the thieves backed up with a U-Haul, they ran into our store sign that was just hanging outside the front door, which promptly woke them up. And they were like, ‘well, this is a little unusual for just being about five o’clock in the morning,’” Nelson told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

The owner of Sasquatch Bricks had an estimated $10,000 worth of LEGO sets stolen from his University Place store. (Photo courtesy of store owner Scott Nelson)

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Nelson said the thieves had no trouble gaining entry into the building.  

“Since this is a pretty old building with some pretty old, big, heavy doors, they essentially… used a crowbar to get into the door frame. And then just finally it pops loose, essentially just shredded the door frame, and then they just made entry right there,” he said.  

Nelson acknowledged that he was, in some ways, lucky that this was the first time his store had been broken into. He chalks up the recent surge in retail theft to soft-on-crime policies.  

“I don’t know if it’s political or not, but when these thieves or retail theft rings know that there’s not going to be a whole lot of consequences involved with it, you know, they’ll continue to do it,” he said.  

You can listen to the full interview with Nelson below.

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